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The Spindletop Community is made up of volunteers, non-profit partners, donors and event sponsors.

Volunteer Army

From STEM Days to arts & crafts to mentoring and more, our volunteers have the opportunity to work with at-risk kids throughout our community. These individuals span across the energy industry and have a passion for volunteering and helping others. 

The Spindletop Emerging Leader Steering Committee has been hard at work to create the Spindletop Army of volunteers. Their dedication has taken the program to great heights, enlisting more than 450 volunteers to participate in projects at Spindletop-supported youth organizations.

For the latest updates on our volunteer efforts , visit our News page.

Interested in Becoming A Volunteer?

Spindletop Community Impact Partners strives to make the city of Houston a better place; where boys and girls of all ages, backgrounds and upbringing have the resources they need to succeed and realize their full potential. By joining the Spindletop Army, you can work first-hand with Houston’s at-risk youth and leave a lasting imprint on their lives through volunteering.

2024 Service Projects at a glance

February: Houston Children’s Charity Bed Distribution
March: Brighter Bites Produce Bag Assembly
May through June: Summer of STEM
· STEM Fairs with YDC, Periwinkle Foundation & YMCA
July: Spindletop Virtual Summer Food Drive
August: The CAC Back to School Program – Backpack Stuffing & Carnival
September: Brookwood Community Poinsettia Primping
October: Kids’ Meals Trunk or Treat
November: Unity in Community, a day of volunteerism & fellowship
December: Spindletop Holiday Toy Drive

Social impact

Spindletop Community Impact Partners strives to make the city of Houston a better place; where boys and girls of all ages, backgrounds and upbringing have the resources they need to succeed and realize their full potential. By making a gift to Spindletop, you enable us to expand our reach of touching more children’s lives and helping provide brighter futures to at-risk youth.

Thank you, in advance, for your generosity! Together, we will make an important difference in the lives of Houston’s most precious resource – our children.

Emerging Leader Steering Committee

The Emerging Leader Steering Committee (ELSC) is comprised of rising leaders from both the operating and service sectors of the energy industry. The Committee is dedicated to building a Spindletop Army of volunteers and planning service projects at Spindletop non-profit partners for its participants.

From STEM Days to arts & crafts to mentoring and more, our volunteers have the opportunity to work with at-risk kids throughout our community. These individuals span across the energy industry and have a passion for volunteering and helping others. In 2019, the ELSC kicked off its inaugural flagship event, Spindletop Unity in Community, which is held annually in November. This day of volunteering and fellowship brings together approximately 75 volunteers who are introduced to 6 of Spindletop’s community partners. Volunteers hear from each organization about the work they do and move station to station completing service projects, such as assembling literacy care packages, stuffing holiday stockings, and decorating Thanksgiving food distribution bags, which will be distributed to the children served at each organization. As the day comes to a close, volunteers relax and visit with fellow volunteers at an informal social. 

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Spindletop Community Impact Partners connects at-risk youth to resources that educate, empower, protect and nurture them throughout their life’s journey.

Spindletop relies on the extraordinary work of our non-profit community partners to make its impact on our community’s at-risk children. Each year, funding is awarded to a variety of organizations that help move each pillar forward and in turn lead these special down new paths to brighter, healthier and happier futures.

Spindletop Giving Pillars

educate

Bolster foundational education resources to prepare children for all levels of schooling

Empower

Inspire youth to become confident, self-aware individuals using life skills that strengthen social and emotional development

Protect

Advocate for children’s safety and security within our community.

Nurture

Rise above disability and illness enabling individuals to live healthy, capable lives.

Spindletop Wants to Hear From You

If you are a non-profit serving the greater Houston community and your mission and vision aligns with Spindletop’s, we would love to connect with you and explore how we can collectively improve the lives of Houston’s greatest resource – our children.

Introducing Spindletop Circle

Giving Society for Executives, Emerging Leaders & Retirees in Energy

SPINDLETOP IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE its newest program – Spindletop Circle. The Circle is made up of generous individuals who have a passion for advancing the lives of at-risk children in every corner of our community and setting these special children on paths to brighter, healthier and happier futures.

Spindletop has been connecting at-risk youth to resources that educate, empower, protect and nurture them throughout their life’s journey for nearly six decades. This legacy would not be possible without the extraordinary generosity of the men and women of the energy industry.

Spindletop Circle celebrates those individuals who give personally each year and are steadfast in their efforts to improve the lives of children in need.

Get Involved!

The Spindletop Circle Giving Society is made up of individuals who make personal contributions of $1,000 or more annually. Spindletop Circle members will receive quarterly email communications as well as invitations to the following opportunities:

Exclusive Spindletop Circle Gathering
Spindletop Site Visits
Spindletop Volunteer Army Service Projects
Spindletop Events (Discount Ticket Pricing, when available)

Interested in Joining? Email info@spindletophouston.org

LIAM MALLONPresident, ExxonMobil Upstream Company, Spindletop Board of Directors
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“It tears at your heart to see so many children in our community at risk. Spindletop makes a difference every single day to the lives of these kids – please help.”
CHRIS GOLDENPresident, U.S. Upstream, Equinor, Spindletop Board of Directors
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“As a father, I am drawn to Spindletop’s mission of enhancing the lives of at-risk youth in our community. For me, it is personally satisfying that Spindletop offers so many hands-on opportunities to volunteer which allows me to clearly see first-hand the positive impact Spindletop makes in our community. And the fellowship and networking of all those that support Spindletop is fantastic and truly unique. I encourage you to learn more!”
MAGGIE SHERIDANProduction Management – Gulf of Mexico, bp, Spindletop Emerging Leader Steering Committee
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“There is nothing more important than serving the youth of our community. Every kid deserves a chance, a warm meal to eat and a safe place to call home. I’m incredibly proud to be part of Spindletop & the tremendous impact we have on Houston community.”

Spindletop Connections

Spindletop Connections was created in response to a rapidly growing interest in volunteering across the energy industry. The Spindletop Emerging Leader Steering Committee strategized to find ways to continue to meet the needs and wants of the Spindletop Army as well as have opportunities for individuals and their companies looking to volunteer as a team.

What is Spindletop Connections?
Spindletop Community Impact Partners engages member companies to develop young leaders as well as strengthen their community presence and network through philanthropic giving and volunteerism. Spindletop Connections fulfills this vision as it is a service provided by the Spindletop office to work as a liaison between sponsor corporations and non-profits to plan volunteer events for the companies involved.

How Can My Company Get Involved?
Spindletop Connections is offered to companies that have contributed $10,000 or more collectively in a calendar year through special events or outright donations. If you are interested in learning more or getting a volunteer event scheduled, please contact Spindletop Executive Director Lia Vallone. She will work with you directly on identifying the impact area in which you are interested in volunteering, provide options of non-profits that have opportunities available, and introduce your organization’s contact with the non-profit to finalize logistics.

Can My Employees Get Involved with Spindletop in Additional Ways?
Yes, all participants of Spindletop Connections as well as anyone within the energy industry are welcome to join the Spindletop Army, where volunteer events are planned almost every month with different Spindletop-supported non-profits.

“Working with our youth charities and seeing the difference our organization makes in the lives of so many children is incredibly rewarding. I am very proud to serve on the Board of Spindletop Community Impact Partners and continue these good works through philanthropy, volunteerism and now Spindletop Connections”.

JULIE ROBERTSON
Spindletop Board of Directors

Interested in Learning More & Getting Involved?
Contact Spindletop Executive Director
Lia Vallone
lvallone@slb.com | 713-513-2552

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